Published on 12, July, 2020
Newly officially diagnosed but suspected for a long time. Now comes the point where I actually could get help for my hidden disability but I would like to know which organisations that people visit for pleasure like galleries, museum, historic buildings etc are friendly towards autistic adults. For example my experience in The National Trust has often been negative. I do not drive, the anxiety and thought processing is too overwhelming. I always travel with a rucksack so I can carry all of my the things for the whole day like, like food, medicines, phone charger, hairbrush yada yada yada. They don’t seem to appreciate any of this and only like car drivers with small handbags.
Congratulations on your formal autistic identification!
I like to go to parks/gardens/other green spaces. I also like to go out for lunch.
Me too. I’m now looking for indoors stuff for winter
Pookywombat said:I’m now looking for indoors stuff for winter
What are your dedicated interests? What kind of things are you looking for?
Good!
I have chosen calm. It is slightly less bright.
Did you know you can change the settings on this website?
At the top of the NAS website homepage there is a brightness setting and you can make the screen darker. Also if you open the menu on the NAS homepage you can choose ‘Accessibility Options’.
Not sure. It is like this one, everything bright white.
Pookywombat said:Thanks. I joined their facebook page for the NAS art. They have suspended their service for a couple of months. Also the bright white on this website is triggering.
That’s a shame, hopefully the service will start up again soon.
Can you change the brightness setting on the website?
Thanks. I joined their facebook page for the NAS art. They have suspended their service for a couple of months. Also the bright white on this website is triggering.
Pookywombat said:Some activities like games have to be shared and like with arcades I’d love to go in if they were quiet and not full of flashing lights.
I completely understand, I don’t like arcades either for the very same reason. If only they were autistic friendly. I like the idea of going to museums too, but they would also be too busy for me to attend without any stress. I like the idea of going to museums as I love learning. You say you like learning new things, what about online courses? Future Learn is a great website with a range of courses in lots of different subjects.
You say you like art, did you know that NAS run an online arts branch for autistic adults? This might interest you:
https://www.autism.org.uk/what-we-do/branches/nas-arts-and-crafts